Use this cheat sheet to lead the student leadership growth activity with a school team. It gives you an opening that keeps the focus on growing students rather than evaluating adults, along with the exact prompts, norms, and gentle redirects for each of the four steps: naming what exists now, picturing what students should be able to do, choosing feasible next steps, and getting honest about what adults must change. Use it to keep the conversation grounded, realistic, and moving toward one shared next step.
Because of your selected audience type, you may also enjoy the following related resources.
A guide school leaders can use to strengthen their program's Deaf-centered identity, its Deaf role models, ASL use, and Deaf culture, with next steps for each stage of growth.
A reading list leaders can use to ground a school's Deaf-centered character in evidence on language, culture, community, and child development.
A checklist administrators use to monitor whether Deaf role models, Deaf culture, ASL use, and student leadership show up consistently across the whole school.